“Co-dependency” is an emotional and behavioral condition that can severely affect an individual’s potential to develop satisfying relationships. Co-dependency can be characterized as an addiction to an unhealthy relationship, wherein relationship is primarily one-sided, emotionally damaging, and even abusive.
The disorder was first identified as a result of analyses of interpersonal relationships among family members of alcoholics and substance abusers. The well-known concept of “enabling” grew out of this research. Similarly behavioral patterns have been shown to be evident in relationships with mentally or chronically ill patients and, more recently among members of dysfunctional families.
Co-dependency can also characterize an FP’s addiction of money, production, status. One’s sense of worth, value, self can become pathologically dependent on how much money/production you are generating. Clearly, a mixed bag, a double edged sword, and a myriad of other phenomena which will be explored in this blog/book.